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On the Rise of ZONAMACO: An Interview With Fair Founder Zélika García

Asked about the possibility of expanding the fair to other cities in South America, she said she's committed to staying rooted in Mexico City and...

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Elisa Carollo

One Fine Show: Jeffrey Gibson’s ‘POWER FULL BECAUSE WE’RE DIFFERENT’ at MASS MoCA

One Fine Show: Jeffrey Gibson’s ‘POWER FULL BECAUSE WE’RE DIFFERENT’ at MASS MoCA

An installation view of “Jeffrey Gibson: POWER FULL BECAUSE WE’RE DIFFERENT” at MASS MoCA in North Adams, Massachusetts. Courtesy MASS MoCA...

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Dan Duray

As Wildfires Continue to Rage in L.A., Museums, Galleries and Collectors Consider What It Will Take to Rebuild

As Wildfires Continue to Rage in L.A., Museums, Galleries and Collectors Consider What It Will Take to Rebuild

Homes burned near Will Rodgers State Beach in Pacific Palisades on January 8. Photo by Jeff Gritchen/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via...

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Elisa Carollo

18 Pairs of Men’s Underwear Actually Worth Your Money

18 Pairs of Men’s Underwear Actually Worth Your Money

Look, the "whatever's on sale at the department store" approach to underwear isn't cutting it anymore. The underwear industry has gotten...

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Paul Jebara

Does the Art World Really Need Another Market Education Program?

Does the Art World Really Need Another Market Education Program?

The Art Business Conference was held in London this past September. Courtesy of the Art Business Conference After a 15-year tenure as Art Basel’s...

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Elisa Carollo

Waymo Co-CEO Is Optimistic About Self-Driving Regulation Under Trump and Musk

Waymo Co-CEO Is Optimistic About Self-Driving Regulation Under Trump and Musk

Waymo co-CEO Tekedra Mawakana speaks at the Wynn Hotel during the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada on Jan. 8, 2025. AFP via...

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Aaron Mok

Lightmachines, Digital Realities and the Art of Technological Nostalgia at Tate Modern

Lightmachines, Digital Realities and the Art of Technological Nostalgia at Tate Modern

Sonia Landy Sheridan, Drawing in Time, 1982-83. The Daniel Langlois Foundation Collection of the Cinémathèque Québécoise. Sonia Landy Sheridan...

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Simon Coates

The Best Valentine’s Day Gifts for the Most Special Man

The Best Valentine’s Day Gifts for the Most Special Man

Hunting for a Valentine’s Day present often poses a challenge for even the most accomplished of gift-givers. For those who aren’t quite as...

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Morgan Halberg

Rare Medical Books From the Collection of Eugene S. Flamm Are Coming to Christie’s

“If all books are institutionalized, we will annihilate the spirit and importance of the collector.” 

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Christa Terry

Could Elon Musk Upend NASA’s Return to the Moon? Astronaut Weighs In

Elon Musk has called NASA's plan to return to the Moon "a distraction."

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Aaron Mok

Observer’s Guide to the Must-Visit Biennials and Triennials of 2025

Observer’s Guide to the Must-Visit Biennials and Triennials of 2025

MAHKU’s Kapewe Pukeni, 2024, at the 60th Venice Biennale. Photo by AVZ. Courtesy of La Biennale di Venezia. While the Venice Biennale remains the...

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Elisa Carollo

The Ultimate Valentine’s Day Gift Guide for the Most Stylish Woman

The Ultimate Valentine’s Day Gift Guide for the Most Stylish Woman

If you haven't started the search for a Valentine's Day gift just yet, take this as a sign to get on that. February 14 is just around the corner,...

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Morgan Halberg

How Two Passionate Dealers Revived the Market for a Roster of Lesser-Known American Artists

How Two Passionate Dealers Revived the Market for a Roster of Lesser-Known American Artists

Christine Berry (r.) and Martha Campbell (l.) revived the market for overlooked artists from the American post-war period. Blaine Davis Co-founded...

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Elisa Carollo

‘American Primeval’ Review: Brutal, Bleak Western Series Is Exhausting to Watch

‘American Primeval’ Review: Brutal, Bleak Western Series Is Exhausting to Watch

Taylor Kitsch as Isaac in American Primeval. Matt Kennedy/Netflix Hollywood’s fascination with tales of the Wild West, a vast and majestic land...

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Dylan Roth

What’s Coming to BAM in 2025: An Interview With Amy Cassello and Gina Duncan

What’s Coming to BAM in 2025: An Interview With Amy Cassello and Gina Duncan

Gina Duncan and Amy Cassello. Noam Galai / Beowulf Sheehan The Brooklyn Academy of Music heads into 2025 poised for change. Last year, Amy...

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Dan Duray

The Must-Try New Dallas-Fort Worth Restaurants for Winter

The Must-Try New Dallas-Fort Worth Restaurants for Winter

The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex in North Texas is one of the fastest-growing areas in the entire United States. As more and more transplants flock...

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Allie Lebos

When Human Creativity Meets Technical Autonomy: An Interview With Artist Anna Ridler

When Human Creativity Meets Technical Autonomy: An Interview With Artist Anna Ridler

Seedphrase recently acquired all twenty-five artworks in Anna Ridler’s Price Per Stem series. Courtesy and copyright Anne Ridler Yesterday, the...

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Christa Terry

Michael Mayer’s Faux-Archaeologists Can’t Rescue His Entombed ‘Aida’ at the Met

Michael Mayer’s Faux-Archaeologists Can’t Rescue His Entombed ‘Aida’ at the Met

Dimitry Belosselskiy and the men’s chorus. Ken Howard/Met Opera Struggling to understand what I’d just witnessed at the Metropolitan Opera on New...

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Christopher Corwin

An American Sovereign Wealth Fund Could Be the Missing Piece in Supporting Working Families

An American Sovereign Wealth Fund Could Be the Missing Piece in Supporting Working Families

A sign at Willets Point, the site of New York City’s largest all-affordable housing development in over 40 years—a testament to the potential of...

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Roy Swan

OpenAI o3 vs. Google Gemini 2.0: Which Model Is Closer to Artificial General Intelligence?

OpenAI o3 vs. Google Gemini 2.0: Which Model Is Closer to Artificial General Intelligence?

Both OpenAI o3 and Google Gemini 2.0 demonstrate significant A.G.I. capabilities, though their approaches differ. Jaque Silva/NurPhoto via Getty...

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Victor Dey

X CEO Linda Yaccarino Defends Elon Musk, Predicting ‘Overwhelming Success of DOGE’

X CEO Linda Yaccarino Defends Elon Musk, Predicting ‘Overwhelming Success of DOGE’

Linda Yaccarino, CEO of X Corp., formerly Twitter, speaks the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada, on January 7, 2025. Artur...

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Aaron Mok

London’s Most Anticipated Luxury Hotel Openings of 2025

London’s Most Anticipated Luxury Hotel Openings of 2025

There is no lack of hotel rooms in London, a city that is home to hundreds of hotels, from sleek and sprawling luxury properties to small,...

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Emily Zemler

‘Severance’ Season 2 Review: More Questions, Fewer Answers

‘Severance’ Season 2 Review: More Questions, Fewer Answers

Adam Scott as Mark in Severance Season 2. Courtesy of Apple TV Press Severance fans should have a lot of patience. It’s been three years since...

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Laura Babiak

A Soon-to-Close Show in Florence Celebrates Helen Frankenthaler’s Audacious Experimentation

A Soon-to-Close Show in Florence Celebrates Helen Frankenthaler’s Audacious Experimentation

Helen Frankenthaler, Open Wall, 1953; Oil on canvas, 136.5 × 332.7 cm. © 2024 Helen Frankenthaler Foundation, Inc. / Artists Rights Society (ARS),...

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Elisa Carollo

How the Longing for Home and Nature Informed Cathleen Clarke’s Newest Works

How the Longing for Home and Nature Informed Cathleen Clarke’s Newest Works

Cathleen Clarke, Sunday Morning, 2024; Oil and acrylic on canvas
, 24 x 30 in. (61 x 76.2 cm.). Credit Nik Massey, Courtesy the artist and Night...

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Elisa Carollo

The 19 Most Anticipated Luxury Hotels Opening in 2025

The 19 Most Anticipated Luxury Hotels Opening in 2025

The evolution of luxury travel has reached a fascinating inflection point. While previous years saw properties competing to out-opulent each other,...

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Paul Jebara

Rediscovering Southern Art From the First Half of the 20th Century at North Carolina’s Mint Museum

Rediscovering Southern Art From the First Half of the 20th Century at North Carolina’s Mint Museum

Thomas Hart Benton, Ploughing it Under, 1943, reworked 1964; oil on canvas, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR. 2006.73...

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Nadja Sayej

Capturing Balanchine’s Ghost: An Interview With Dancer and Choreographer Emily Coates

Capturing Balanchine’s Ghost: An Interview With Dancer and Choreographer Emily Coates

Emily Coates with Derek Lucci. Photo courtesy of the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art Tomorrow (January 9), dancer and choreographer Emily Coates...

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Caedra Scott-Flaherty

10 Excellent Middle-Grade Books That Adults Will Love, Too

10 Excellent Middle-Grade Books That Adults Will Love, Too

These books are short and easy to read but pack an outsized emotional punch. Courtesy the publishers The preteen years are fraught with emotion and...

07.01.2025 2

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Leah Von Essen

Jet Set: 5 Cozy Wellness Upgrades for the New Year

Jet Set: 5 Cozy Wellness Upgrades for the New Year

Welcome to Jet Set, a recurring feature in which we highlight our favorite accessories and travel must-haves that are perfect for any kind of...

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Morgan Halberg

Netflix And Max Are Betting Big on Wrestling — Here’s Why

Netflix And Max Are Betting Big on Wrestling — Here’s Why

Seth “Freakin” Rollins enters the Intuit Dome in Los Angeles on January 6th, 2025, for the Netflix debut of WWE Raw. WWE/Getty Images Last year,...

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Dylan Roth

The Best L.A. Restaurants and Bars to Visit During Dry January

The Best L.A. Restaurants and Bars to Visit During Dry January

Dry January provides the perfect opportunity to start the year with a clear mind and fresh perspective. In addition to cutting out the extra empty...

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Allie Lebos

For Nicholas Galanin, Art Is a Tool of Indigenous Resilience and Resistance

For Nicholas Galanin, Art Is a Tool of Indigenous Resilience and Resistance

Nicholas Galanin, Seletega, 2024. Oriol Tarridas Amid growing interest in and recognition of contemporary Indigenous practices, Nicholas Galanin, a...

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Elisa Carollo

Nvidia Is Officially on the A.I. Agents Train With New Family of LLM Models

Nvidia Is Officially on the A.I. Agents Train With New Family of LLM Models

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang delivers a keynote address at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas on Jan. 6, 2025. PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via...

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Aaron Mok

Why Wall Street Banks Are Suddenly Quitting A Global Climate Group

Why Wall Street Banks Are Suddenly Quitting A Global Climate Group

Morgan Stanley headquarters building in New York City. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images From Goldman Sachs (GS) to Morgan Stanley (MS), many of the...

07.01.2025 1

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Rachel Curry

Younger, Bolder and Determined to Grow: The Rise of the Indonesian Contemporary Art Market

Younger, Bolder and Determined to Grow: The Rise of the Indonesian Contemporary Art Market

A visitor at Museum MACAN in Jakarta. Photo by GOH CHAI HIN/AFP via Getty Images There is no doubt that the Indonesian art market is one of the...

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Naima Morelli

There’s a Library of Dreams at the Grolier Club

There’s a Library of Dreams at the Grolier Club

“Imaginary Books” is at The Grolier Club in New York through February 15. Courtesy of the Grolier Club What if I told you that The Code of the...

07.01.2025 3

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Ann Lewinson

Mickalene Thomas On the Evolution of Her Practice and the Love in Her Work

Mickalene Thomas On the Evolution of Her Practice and the Love in Her Work

Mickalene Thomas. Madison McGaw/BFA.com Artist Mickalene Thomas has spent the past decade redefining Black portraiture and representations of the...

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Elisa Carollo

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